Rachel E. Brule

I'm incredibly honored to receive @APSAtweets's 2021 Luebbert Prize for the best book in comparative politics published in 2019 or 2020. My deep gratitude to committee chair @dawn_teele & @prof_jmorgan @JasonBrownlee @lucanway @ScottMainwaring all at @CUP_PoliSci, @BUPardeeSchool

This week, on India Inside Out, links to some of the interviews I've been doing for @CASIPenn, looking at insightful research on India's political economy from @AiyarYamini, @BruleRachel, @Pavithra_Suri and @fr_jensenius: rohanvenkat.substack.com/p/bjps-anti-re…

For Indian politics nerds out there, @RohanV's @CASIPenn conversations with leading scholars in the field @KhariBiskut, @Pavithra_Suri, @fr_jensenius, @BruleRachel, @AiyarYamini, @louisetillin on where the discipline meets real life are a great resource casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit

Using South Asia as a case study, @BruleRachel develops a theory for understanding where, when + why climate-related disasters can improve female economic + political autonomy. Read more in a recent @PoliticsGenderJ article: gdpcenter.org/3JypVLD

After years of work, we (w/ @simonchauchard) are releasing our new tool to collect WhatsApp data at scale! Introducing WhatsApp Explorer, a tool to collect data in a privacy preserving, opt-in, legal and practical way paper: osf.io/k6qv5 whatsapp.whats-viral.me 🧵👇

Economists care more and more about meaningful work! But who has more meaningful jobs in the labor market? Some key patterns from our recent paper in Management Science using nationwide Swedish survey data (N=121,000) (doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2…). 1/8

📢New #PAG20 Critical Perspectives @sarahsunnbush & @zetterberg_par introduce this issue's Critical Perspective on gender equality and authoritarian regimes. The collection looks to understand progress and backlash related to laws advancing gender equality cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Paper available here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/vjy0wkm…

Instead, taste-based discrimination & the absence of sanctions for interference likely drives these inequalities . CONCLUSION: quotas alone are not enough. Complementary interventions + sanctions required to ensure that gender quotas generate substantive change. 4/5

Why? We point to several reinforcing mechanisms. But stress that selection mechanisms & statistical discrimination are only a small part of the story.

Relying on behavioral & reputational measures of voice/centrality/influence, we compare women elected on gender quotas vs. others (mostly, men). Findings are GRIM: women appear less central on every metric, & are seen as less central by all pol. actors-inc. themselves. 2/n

🚨 forthcoming @The_JOP: super excited that the 1st paper on project with @AlyssaRHeinze & @BruleRachel is now accepted. We show that inequality does not stop at the gate of political office: Indian women face large inequalities in voice & centrality AFTER they reach office 1/n

🗣️🗣️🗣️WHAT DOES @SenWarren want the BU admin to know???

A very inspiring testimony by @RoyaMahboob at #AWER @StateDept under leadership of @SE_AfghanWGH among other distinguished speakers like #Fahad_Hamad_Hassan_Al_Sulaiti from @EAA_Foundation @ColemanUSAID @BruleRachel @leahbel @NariaSantaLucia

🌍Climate change is a women's issue!🌍 In "Climate Shocks and Gendered Political Transformation," @BruleRachel explores how climate emergencies can destabilize gendered social systems & inspire women to mobilize politically #COP28 Full text ⤵️ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

A recent journal article in @AnnualReviews from @BruleRachel finds that women in the Global South have increased opportunities to articulate + negotiate power than women in the Global North. Read more: gdpcenter.org/41nb0vG

📢New #PAG19 Critical Perspectives📢 @BruleRachel in 'Climate Shocks and Gendered Political Transformation' looks to South Asia to argue that 'climate shocks' are gendered and open new opportunities women's representation in politics cambridge.org/core/journals/…

A recent issue of Seminar Magazine co-edited by @BruleRachel addresses issues related to women's political representation in India and challenges the belief that the husbands of female elected leaders run state affairs from behind the scenes: gdpcenter.org/45fXAlH

Are power-hungry husbands the main hurdle to female-led government in rural India? A recent issue of Seminar Magazine co-edited by @BruleRachel addresses this question and more. Explore the issue: gdpcenter.org/3s16qWd